Pre-service teachers' mathematics teaching beliefs and mathematical content knowledge

Identifier:  TDX:3806

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX3806

Authors:  Segarra Escandón, Jaime Rodrigo

Abstract:
The study of mathematical content knowledge and teachers’ mathematics teaching beliefs of the pre-service teachers is fundamental, since it influences the academic performance of students. The objective of this Thesis is to study the initial mathematical knowledge of pre-service teachers and also their teachers’ mathematics teaching beliefs and their attitude towards mathematics. To meet the objective, various investigations are carried out. First, the initial knowledge of numbers and geometry of first-year students of the primary education degree at the Rovira and Virgili University (URV) is studied. Second, pre-service teachers’ mathematics teaching beliefs are studied throughout the grade. Third, this Thesis compares the self-efficacy and the expectation of results of the teaching of mathematics of pre-service teachers, novice in-service teachers and experienced in-service teachers. Fourth, the relationship between the teachers’ mathematics teaching beliefs, the attitude towards mathematics and their academic performance is studied. Fifth, the influence of the factors teaching level factor and level of training on the teachers’ mathematics teaching beliefs of in-service teachers is studied. Finally, the self-efficacy of mathematics teaching of fourth-year students at the Azuay University and at the URV is compared. The results of this Thesis offer potentially important information on the mathematical knowledge, beliefs, self-efficacy of mathematics teaching and the attitude towards mathematics of pre-service teachers and in-service teachers. These results can help develop policies for curriculum developers and teaching professors at institutes of higher education.